Engineering Manager - PayPay Securities

Job Description

PayPay Securities, as an important part of PayPay’s financial ecosystem, has launched “Point Management” with over 10 million users and “PayPay Asset Management, the first initiative in Japan that enables asset management on a payment application. Now that the business foundation of the financial ecosystem is finally in place, we intend to expand our business to change the structure of asset management in Japan, with the main target being those who have not yet started asset management or were not interested in it before.

To achieve our goal, PayPay Securities is preparing to bring in technical talents not only from Japan but also globally, just as we have done with PayPay’s product division. As an Engineering Manager, you will be collaborating with engineers, designers and QAs, and working in an environment where you can be one of the founding members to build up a new organization within PayPay Securities.

※ Please note that this job is for Japan Residents Only

Highlights of the opportunity:

• Be part of the team to build up a new organization and environment
• Develop skills in making business plans from a high perspective, through the high-level coordination with departments and affiliated companies within PayPay Group to support the top management’s decision
• Gain experience in a company that aiming to be the pioneer in the market to provide a brand new Mobile Securities services, which never had before during the era of Financial reformation
• Able to utilize PayPay’s services and user base

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Engineers responsible for the timely and high quality delivery of a product or project
• Leads the team in daily tasks, prioritizing tasks and making decisions based on changing business priorities
• Structures and facilitates team workflow and development and operational processes
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and reflect them in the team’s technical requirements
• Conduct 1-on-1s and performance evaluations with team members, takes responsibility for team output, and facilitates team evolution and member growth
• Plans future resource requirements and conducts recruiting activities

Qualifications:

• Professional experience in a technical management or leadership role
• Have a technical mindset and understand complex systems design
• Be solutions oriented
• Positive thinking and ability to maintain high performance in a fast-paced environment
• Have excellent oral, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Business level in either English or Japanese (Native Japanese speaker or JLPT N1 equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications: